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Dave Scott got the idea for Laugh.ly after spending a year doing stand up comedy. He realized how much everyone loves a good laugh and he thought he could be the first one to laugh all the way to the bank for the right reasons. Scott says that 50 million tickets were sold to comedy clubs in 2015 and believes that is an indicator of the potential for his business. With a similar business model to Spotify, a freemium option with commercials and a $7.99 per month option sans commercials, Laugh.ly will be both an app and a website. But comedy is all about context and Dave explains how he will catalog, archive and present his humor in a way that will keep you laughing. Listen in as Roy Weissman of Media Jobs interviews Dave. Roy: This is Roy Weissman from Mediajobs.com. We’re talking with Dave Scott, the CEO of Laugh.ly. Dave: The reason I started Laugh.ly was because I actually did stand-up comedy for a year. After I sold my last company, I did open mics and then worked my way up to big headliners and I realized how much people love comedy. In fact, of the 160…

Can data lead to a more beautiful you? Helen and Annie from Piqued (pronounced like picked) think so. They have created a product designed to help you find the best beauty products for your skin and look. Using a data driven model and information from your past experiences Piqed will help you choose the beauty products that will work best for you. The global cosmetics market was $460 billion in 2014 and, according to Hahn, their focus is on the premium segment of the business which she estimates at $50 billion. Available now as an IOS app the service is expected to have a more formal launch in the fall. I spoke with Helen Hahn and Annie Peng from Piqed and learned why they started this business, the problems they are solving and about the business opportunity. Roy: This is Roy Weissman from MediaJobs.com. Today we’re talking with Helen Hahn and Annie Peng from Piqed. Helen: We tried to solve a problem that a lot of women face when choosing skincare products. You walk into a store and maybe from hearsay or a friend’s recommendation, you pick up a product. You try it and then you realize that it doesn’t…

If you’re looking for a virtual reality media job and you are a history buff then Timelooper could be the place for you. Travel back 750 years of more using this new mobile app from Timelooper. Timelooper is a location based virtual reality mobile application created to provide more dimensions to your travel. In the UK experience the German bombers from World War 2 or witness the great fire of London. Virtual Reality technology seems to be developing faster than the programming for it. Timelooper makes deals with locations and venues to bring their stories to life. The monetization is obvious. You’ve got to pay to play but the possibilities are endless. While the Timelooper folks are looking forward to putting together partnerships with the great historic landmarks from around the world, I see the opportunity to be much larger. Imaging going to a location in New York, Los Angeles or anywhere and being able to experience the the great fire of London or the colonists landing at Battery Park in New York. Currently available at some locations in London, Timelooper is expected to open in New York in 2016. I was able to talk with Alper Ozyurtlu, the Chief…

Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming the next big “industrial revolution”, both in this country and around the globe. If you are an AI developer, this could be a “gold rush” for some great job opportunities. Those who gain experience in Artificial Intelligence today will be the AI leaders of tomorrow. At Media Jobs we suggest that if you want to get in on the ground floor of the growing demand for jobs in artificial intelligence, now is the time. Many of the largest companies including Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple are quickly and steadily acquiring startups in the artificial intelligence space to get a head start towards incorporating AI into all their products. From Games to Customer Service You may have heard about the growing trend in chatbots, particularly with Facebook Messenger. Bots are being launched left and right on Messenger and other messaging platforms for a variety of reasons, from enabling consumers to order their fast food through messaging to eventually replacing most of the staff at customer service call centers. While some of these functions are simply query services that don’t require extra “thinking”, many companies and AI developers are betting big on the advances being made in AI to replace…

The artificial Intelligence lead machine has arrived! The name of the lead master is Fusemachines and Sameer Maskey is the Founder and CEO and his team have been developing the software that applies Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to the process of lead generation for B2B companies. At Media Jobs we are always interested in finding the most innovative companies where you might want to work. The big talk today is about Artificial Intelligence and today we’re talking with a company that is using the technology to drive more sales. Its taken 3 PHD’s and 30 engineers to create SAM, the name they are calling their AI system. But it gets better. SAM interacts with humans through emails, mobile apps and sales software and learns from user behavior to perform some of the same tasks automatically. SAM learns and improves itself everyday! Today, with a staff of 80 the company is blazing a trail to take the pain out of lead gen so that us humans can focus more on cash generation then lead generation. If you like what you hear check out some of the jobs available now at Fusemachines. In this podcast I speak with Alex Roeskestad from Fusemachines…